Protect the Emperor Society

The Protect the Emperor Society, also known as the Baohuanghui or Constitutionalists, was a social conservative political party in China which existed from 20 July 1899 to 1908. The party was led by Liang Qichao, who sought to free the Guangxu Emperor from Empress Dowager Cixi's clutches. The party supported the unsuccessful August 1900 Tang Caichang uprising in Hankou, and the party advocated a constitutional monarchy and peaceful reform, abhorring dissenters. This made the Baohuanghui more popular among traditionalists than the Tongmenghui revolutionaries, but it dissolved in 1908 after the deaths of Guangxu and Cixi.